Pro-choice or pro-life? Pro-gun control or pro-gun rights? LGBTQIA-affirming or denying? Pro-immigration or anti-immigration? Left or right? Liberal or Conservative? Democrat or Republican? Why are we so divided by moral and political issues? To understand why, we...
What to Expect from Family Therapy Michael Brown, MSC, LMFT – Certified Gottman Therapist Perhaps you have been referred for family therapy. What can or should you expect? Perhaps you are going into it with fear and trepidation that the therapist is going to...
Becoming Intentional About Christmas Michael Brown, MSC, LMFT “A lovely thing about Christmas is that it is compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together.” -Garrison Keillor If your family celebrates Christmas, chances are you will celebrate it...
“Mutual caring relationships require kindness and patience, tolerance, optimism, joy in other’s achievements, confidence in oneself, and the ability to give without undue thought of gain.” Fred Rogers “Patience and kindness were always called for…” Flannery O’Connor...